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It took five hours and more than 20 specialists, but a Connecticut woman is now free of 132 pounds—the weight of a 39-inch tumor on her left ovary. "I might expect to see a 25-pound ovarian tumor, but a 132-pound tumor is very rare," says Dr. Vaagn Andikyan of Danbury Hospital, where the operation took place on Feb. 14. His patient, a 38-year-old woman, had experienced sudden weight gain of about 10 pounds per week for two months and went to her OB/GYN, per Live Science. A CT scan then revealed a noncancerous tumor growing on her left ovary. Because the "mucinous" mass grew to sit on her digestive tract, the 350-pound patient was "extremely malnourished" ahead of surgery and "used a wheelchair because of the tumor's weight," Andikyan says.

The tumor itself was "gigantic," pushing up against blood vessels and putting the woman at risk of potentially fatal blood clots, doctors tell CNN. "She was so hopeless, because she had seen several other doctors, and they were unable to help her," Andikyan adds. The woman is now recovering well and back to work as a teacher after doctors removed the mass, her left ovary, left fallopian tube, and excess skin stretched by the tumor (see a pre-surgery image here). Reconstructive surgery was also required as the abdominal wall had been pushed out by the tumor. Describing the mass as one of the 10 biggest ever removed from a patient, Andikyan notes "we are doing genetic testing on it to determine if there is any mutation that caused it to grow as large as it was," per WCVB. (This 140-pound tumor started as an ingrown hair.)

Breaking news: the hospital has lost the tumor. Police, checking surveillance cameras saw it walking out the front door. The woman admitted that she had had an alien abduction months ago and after that the tumor began. She thought it was just gas at first. Police did spot the tumor once throwing eggs at houses. Please report sightings immediately to your local police. The tumor is believed to be a boy.

David Gervais

May 4, 2018 9:33 PM CDT

The tumor looks like one giant ovary. I wonder is it was a tubal pregnancy gone crazy.

sunniladi

May 4, 2018 11:43 AM CDT

How could she have waited until it got to be so massive?? In fact, she must have had horrendous pain?? I had one the size of a grapefruit and a half, asymptomatic, until it twisted; it was also attached to the fallopian tube.. and it felt like I was being knifed. Poor woman.. she was carrying around another person!